Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM Resolutions

2009-03-11 Thread Michael Peel
I'm rather late with this, but I've just left a number of comments/ queries at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Meetings/2009_AGM/Notice Comments / thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks, Mike On 3 Mar 2009, at 00:09, AndrewRT wrote: > We're hoping to make the business side of the AGM as quick

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM Resolutions

2009-03-04 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/3/4 joseph seddon : > If we hit £5000 in the next year (which is highly likely whether we get > wikimania or not) I highly doubt we are going to be able "hang on" till CIO's > become available. I imagine we will simply have to go through the registered > charity route despite the increased

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM Resolutions

2009-03-04 Thread joseph seddon
-Original Message- From: Thomas Dalton Sent: 04 March 2009 00:23 To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM Resolutions 2009/3/4 Tom Holden : > In any case, we almost certainly want to be a charitable incorporated > organisation, not a registered charity, d

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM Resolutions

2009-03-03 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/3/4 Tom Holden : > In any case, we almost certainly want to be a charitable incorporated > organisation, not a registered charity, due to the lower paper-work > requirements. > > We'll apply to be one as soon as they're accepting applications and we have > the time to write one. I think a CIO

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM Resolutions

2009-03-03 Thread Tom Holden
e- > From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l- > boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of AndrewRT > Sent: 03 March 2009 23:09 > To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM Resolutions > > On Mar 3, 10:26 pm, James Forre

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM Resolutions

2009-03-03 Thread AndrewRT
On Mar 3, 10:26 pm, James Forrester wrote: > 2009/3/3 AndrewRT : > > > The Board has an action to register with the Charity Commission as > > soon as it's likely that our income will be more than £5,000 - which > > will be as soon were announced as the winning bid for Wikimania 2010 (- > > grin-),

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM Resolutions

2009-03-03 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/3/3 James Forrester : > 2009/3/3 AndrewRT : >> The Board has an action to register with the Charity Commission as >> soon as it's likely that our income will be more than £5,000 - which >> will be as soon were announced as the winning bid for Wikimania 2010 (- >> grin-), or, failing that, when

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM Resolutions

2009-03-03 Thread James Forrester
2009/3/3 AndrewRT : > The Board has an action to register with the Charity Commission as > soon as it's likely that our income will be more than £5,000 - which > will be as soon were announced as the winning bid for Wikimania 2010 (- > grin-), or, failing that, when our donations get to that level

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM Resolutions

2009-03-03 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/3/3 AndrewRT : > The Board has an action to register with the Charity Commission as > soon as it's likely that our income will be more than £5,000 - which > will be as soon were announced as the winning bid for Wikimania 2010 (- > grin-), or, failing that, when our donations get to that level

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM Resolutions

2009-03-03 Thread AndrewRT
On Mar 3, 4:00 pm, Gordon Joly wrote: > Where does the "registered charity" status and hence the application fit? > At the AGM, or later? > > Gordo As Tango said, charities can be of two types: those with an income of more than £5,000 ("registered charities") are registered with the Charities Co

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM Resolutions

2009-03-03 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/3/3 Gordon Joly : > Where does the "registered charity" status and hence the application fit? We can't register with the Charity Commission until we have an annual income over £5000. The board are currently in contact with HMRC with regard to getting charitable status for tax purposes, which

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM Resolutions

2009-03-03 Thread Gordon Joly
At 16:09 -0800 2/3/09, AndrewRT wrote: >We're hoping to make the business side of the AGM as quick as >possible, but does anyone have any resolutions they would like to be >put to the meeting? > >At the moment the resolutions are: > >1. Setting the maximum number of Directors to seven >2. Appointin

[Wikimediauk-l] AGM Resolutions

2009-03-02 Thread AndrewRT
We're hoping to make the business side of the AGM as quick as possible, but does anyone have any resolutions they would like to be put to the meeting? At the moment the resolutions are: 1. Setting the maximum number of Directors to seven 2. Appointing those people elected under the Election Rules